Dave, I might have overdone the "smooth" bit as I was just poking you a little but I was serious in a way. You handled it fairly well under the circunstances and I'll bet she saw that you were being honest in what you said. I was also serious about not giving up. If you happen to say something that you think is corny or stupid, as long as she doesn't run from you screaming, you're probably doing fine.Good luck.

Thanks. And Susan I wouldn't say her food is to die for but she is a good cook. We were both in the same cooking class our senior year and next up we'll BOTH hopefully get into the LCC and get into it's cooking program, it's one of the best I've heard. After that her cooking will be to die for. And she is very beautiful.

Well it sounds like you are both serving up a hot plate of LOVE! [wait did I just say that? Someone hit me, that was soooo lame...]

But yeah, I think that from the sounds of things everything went fine. Just because you say something silly doesn't mean she'll avoid you, [as you no doubt can tell, I say stupid things all the time] but that being said, I'd avoid going into the whole 'I like you' innuendo, and personally I'd think its best to just tell her instead [you don't want to drag it out too long, and get her worried if she happens to pick up on what you are hinting at]

> or you could serenade her outside her window singing "I want> you to want me"> make sure you bring backup singers for the chorus> > If she slaps a restraining order on you then you'll know for> certain if it was meant to be or not>